Managing the Conversation
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A B1 lesson on six phrasal verbs for participating actively and managing the flow of workplace meetings.
This B1 lesson provides essential phrasal verbs for managing the flow of meetings and discussions.
Learners practise interrupting politely, encouraging participation and managing time in a realistic European business setting.
Teachers can also assign an additional set of two exercises either before or after class. They are interactive self-correcting tasks.
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Scenario background: A small project team is having a weekly video call to discuss marketing updates.
Elena: Welcome everyone. Let’s look at the new social media plan. Mark, do you want to start?
Mark: Yes, sure. I think we need to focus on our new strategy…
Tomas: Sorry to interrupt. Mark, your microphone is very quiet. Can you hold on a moment while I turn up my volume?
Mark: No problem. Tell me when you are ready.
Tomas: Okay, that is better. Please go on.
Mark: Thanks. As I was saying, we need to focus on video content. If anyone has ideas about platforms, please join in.
Elena: Hang on a second, let me just pull up last month’s report. We did well on Instagram.
Mark: Exactly. So, I suggest we increase that budget.
Elena: I like that idea. Tomas, what do you think? Please go ahead and share your thoughts.
Tomas: I agree, but we are going to run out of money if we are not careful.
Elena: Good point. Sadly we are going to run out of time today, so let’s discuss the budget tomorrow.
